Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It

by Mike Monteiro

The people who would sack you in a heartbeat to improve their quarterly earnings report are not your community, and they don’t deserve your allegiance. When companies design their workplaces to mimic the trappings of community (many tech workers go directly from college campuses to corporate campuses, making the mental mapping that much easier), they’re taking all those good feelings that you have about community and transferring it to their own ends. They’re buying your loyalty with corporate haircuts, weekend trips to Tahoe, and a therapist within walking distance of your desk—in an office where your manager can see who walks in and out.